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> Whoever hacked @Twitter today definitely got major access to their backend Is there any proof Twitter was hacked and not just these two accounts?

by css 6y ago

whoisjuan 6y ago
- Uber - Apple - Bill Gates - Elon Musk - Jeff Bezos - Joe Biden - Barack Obama - Michael Bloomberg - Kanye West - Wiz Khalifa - Bitcoin - Ripple - Coinbase - BINANCE - CZ_Binance - Gemini - Kucoin - Gate .io - Coindesk - Tron - Justin Sun - Charlee Lee That seems like someone got full access to the backend, not the accounts per se. Also worth mentioning that the tweets get deleted but then they get added and pinned again.
- css 6y ago
  Where is the proof someone got access to the backend and not those specific accounts? Seems more likely an API client got hacked, possibly one that high profile people might use like a tweet scheduler, but not Twitter, given their threat profile and resources. That would explain why 2FA accounts were affected.
  - viraptor 6y ago
    There's no proof since there's no official incident writeup yet. For now there's just Occam's razor since majority/all of those accounts will be 2fa protected.
    - mlinsey 6y ago
      Yes. Also, we're about an hour in now, and Musk's account just sent out another tweet after the message had been posted and deleted several times. At this point, if it was just an account compromise, someone would have reset it by now
  - whoisjuan 6y ago
    That's the most likely explanation. I don't see how else can someone compromise all those prominent accounts in a coordinated attack.
- nathancahill 6y ago
  - Apple
- rsecora 6y ago
  - Kanye West - Barack Obama
- whoisjuan 6y ago
  Also. If you want to see it live as it happens. Simply refresh this URL every minute or so. You will see that prominent accounts keep tweeting this: https://twitter.com/search?f=live&q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh%20min_replies%3A100&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?f=live&q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yr...
marcinzm 6y ago
Based on this, a metric fuckton of small accounts are posting this as well right now. Unless you hacked the backend I don't see why you'd bother with 200 follower accounts. https://twitter.com/search?q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh&src=typed_query&f=live https://twitter.com/search?q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p8...

> Whoever hacked @Twitter today definitely got major access to their backend Is there any proof Twitter was hacked and not just these two accounts?

by css 6y ago

> Whoever hacked @Twitter today definitely got major access to their backend Is there any proof Twitter was hacked and not just these two accounts?

whoisjuan 6y ago

- Uber - Apple - Bill Gates - Elon Musk - Jeff Bezos - Joe Biden - Barack Obama - Michael Bloomberg - Kanye West - Wiz Khalifa - Bitcoin - Ripple - Coinbase - BINANCE - CZ_Binance - Gemini - Kucoin - Gate .io - Coindesk - Tron - Justin Sun - Charlee Lee That seems like someone got full access to the backend, not the accounts per se. Also worth mentioning that the tweets get deleted but then they get added and pinned again.

css 6y ago
Where is the proof someone got access to the backend and not those specific accounts? Seems more likely an API client got hacked, possibly one that high profile people might use like a tweet scheduler, but not Twitter, given their threat profile and resources. That would explain why 2FA accounts were affected.
- viraptor 6y ago
  There's no proof since there's no official incident writeup yet. For now there's just Occam's razor since majority/all of those accounts will be 2fa protected.
  - mlinsey 6y ago
    Yes. Also, we're about an hour in now, and Musk's account just sent out another tweet after the message had been posted and deleted several times. At this point, if it was just an account compromise, someone would have reset it by now
- whoisjuan 6y ago
  That's the most likely explanation. I don't see how else can someone compromise all those prominent accounts in a coordinated attack.
nathancahill 6y ago
- Apple
rsecora 6y ago
- Kanye West - Barack Obama
whoisjuan 6y ago
Also. If you want to see it live as it happens. Simply refresh this URL every minute or so. You will see that prominent accounts keep tweeting this: https://twitter.com/search?f=live&q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh%20min_replies%3A100&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?f=live&q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yr...

marcinzm 6y ago

Based on this, a metric fuckton of small accounts are posting this as well right now. Unless you hacked the backend I don't see why you'd bother with 200 follower accounts. https://twitter.com/search?q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh&src=typed_query&f=live https://twitter.com/search?q=bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p8...